In March Russia imported 26.7 thousand tons of ferrous scrap from Kazakhstan, up by 20.2% MoM, but down by 19.6% YoY.
In February the results were -3.1% and +40.6%, while in January –62.6% and –40.3% respectively.
In January-March imports totaled 72 thousand tons, down by 34.1% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-April Tajikistan mined some 268 thousand tons of coal. According to the Ministry of industry and new technologies, preliminary needs of industrial enterprises in coal in 2018 amount to 920 thousand tons, of budget organizations – 57.2 thousand tons, heat and thermal power plant Dushanbe-2 and boiler houses – 1.245 million tons. So far…
DetailsTALCO Gold plans to construct a precious metals extracting and processing works in the north of Tajikistan. Construction is expected to have been completed by the end of 2019. Around 1 thousand jobs will be created. TALCOo Gold is a part of Talco. The latter received the gold deposits on the territory of Aynin district…
DetailsSinarsky Pipe Works has for the first time produced pipes with the Q135 and Q125 strength and additional requirements to cold-resistance. In full accordance with the customer’s requirements the company has produced pipes, which can be used at the temperature of -60 degrees C. The pipes will be used in oil and gas condensate deposits…
DetailsEven though aluminum consumption per capita is lower in Russia, than in EU, in 2017 Russia claimed the first place in aluminum consumption growth (by 10%) as a whole and primary aluminum (by 11%) in particular. The main drivers of consumption growth are construction, car manufacture, and machine-building. Combined they will soon account for 80%…
DetailsDuring the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, ChtPZ Group and SAP CIS have concluded a memorandum of cooperation in digital transformation. According to the document, in 2018-2025 ChTPZ plans to unify and increase efficiency of its business processes with the help of a unified system on the basis of SAP S/4HANA. “Digital transformation is a…
DetailsIn January-March Mechel produced 1.055 million tons of steel, down by 6% YoY. Pig iron output also dropped by 6%. “We’ve focused on the manufacture of sections and mastering new sizes of beams. Because of the stable demand for these products, we have increased their output by 17%. We now produce some 20 types of…
DetailsIn June Ukraine intends to produce 1.8 million tons of steel. According to Ukrmetallurgprom, pig iron output will total 1.8 million tons, and rolled metal – 1.6 million tons. For May Ukrmetallurgprom forecast the same output figures. In April Ukraine produced 1.65 million tons of pig iron, down by 2% MoM, 1.72 million tons of…
DetailsIn April Ukrainian by-product coke enterprises received 1.12 million tons of coking coals, down by 18% MoM. In particular, Ukraine-produced coal deliveries totaled 0.24 million tons, down by 4%, and imported – 0.88 million tons, down by 21%. In January-April by-product coke plants received 4.74 million tons of coal, down by 1% YoY, including 1.02…
DetailsIn April Ukrainian metal companies received 2.77 million tons of iron ore raw materials, up by 8% MoM. In January-April metal companies received 10.63 million tons of iron ore raw materials, up by 27% YoY, including 10.6 million tons of Ukrainian materials (up by 28%) and 25 thousand tons of imported (up by 32%). Exports…
DetailsIn January-April Severniy Mining and Processing Works produced 2.917 million tons of pellets, up by 40% YoY.
According to the company statement, concentrate output grew by 5.2%, to 3.835 million tons.
In April the works produced 820 thousand tons of pellets and 1.002 million tons of concentrate. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-March Nord Gold SE produced 225.1 thousand ounces of gold, down by 6% YoY and by 10% QoQ. Revenue grew by 2% YoY, to $300 million, mostly because of the increase of the gold sale price. At the same time revenue dropped by 6% QoQ. EBITDA was $126 million, down by 4% YoY and…
DetailsElectrozinc is preparing to commission a new absorber, the final part of the sulfur acid shop reconstruction. The machine will be connected to the technological line during the scheduled repair in September. The new machine will let the company reach sulfuric anhydride absorption and gas purification level of 99.99%. The height of the absorber is…
DetailsTulachermet-Stal is carrying out cold tests and preparing for the hot tests of its rolling machinery. The company will be the first new integrated bar-rolling manufacture in modern Russia on the basis of a highly efficient converter technology. Tulachermet-Stal will create some 1700 jobs. The commissioning of the enterprise is scheduled for H2. The capacity…
DetailsDCH, which bought Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works from Evraz in March, intends to construct a new shop of continuous casting with a high-speed 5-slit rolling machine, two external treatment machines, a ladle-furnace and other machinery. The capacity of the continuous casting machine will be 155 tons per hour. The new shop will provide for…
DetailsUkraine has imposed sanctions against Moldova Iron and Steel Works for 3 years. According to the president order No. 126, the special economic and other limiting measures have been taken against a number of individuals and companies, The sanctions are introduced for 3 years to block assets, limit trade operations, prevent capital outflow as well…
DetailsArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has additionally increased its salary fund by 1.1 billion UAH, and intends to return to the issue of raising salary in autumn. According to the workers’ union, a meeting was held on May 23 with the company CEO Paramjit Kahlon. “He said that the industrial situation at the enterprise was difficult. The…
DetailsSince the start of the year Amur region has mined over 1.2 million tons of power-generating coal, up by 5% YoY. The coal is mined at 2 deposits – the Raychikhinskoye and Yerkovetskoye. The coal industry employs over 1600 locals. With the increase of the Yerkovetsky open-pit capacity their number could grow. The oldest pit…
DetailsSeverstal has completed assembly of the new heating furnace in the blanking shop of SSM-Tyazhmash. “The cost of the investment project exceeded 55 million rubles. Innovative materials and techniques allow saving up to 40% of gas as well as increasing product quality”, Severstal Russian Steel CEO Vadim Germanov said. The operating temperature of the furnace…
DetailsIn April industrial prices increased by 1.2%.
According to the Federal Service of State Statistics (Rosstat), coal prices grew by 3.5%, and non-ferrous metals ores – by 2.6%.
At the same time pig iron, steel and ferroalloy prices increased by 2.4%, while of lead, zinc and tin – by 2%. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-March Russia exported 33.7 thousand tons of raw nickel valued at $444 million, down by 11.3%, but up by 20.4% YoY respectively.
In March average price was $13216 per ton FOB Russian border, down by 1.9% MoM, but up by 32.5% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
Irshansk Mining and Processing Works has stopped all operations at its largest quarry No. 8. The company will move to another site, which will provide for almost half of the total output. While the extracting complex moves to the new site (some 3 km), the factory will be repaired. The quarry and the factory provide…
DetailsIn April coal imports increased by 21.1% YoY, or by $42.484 million, to $243.788 million, while exports dropped by 99.7%, or by $6.636 million, to $0.019 million. According to the State Fiscal Service, Russia was the main supplier of coal ($171.08 million). In January-April coal imports grew by 30.3% YoY, or by $233.424 million, to…
DetailsThe Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has provided state mines with guarantees of over 1 billion UAH on their loans and has approved the terms of the guarantees. The Cabinet has agreed to the suggestion of the Ministry of energy and coal industry to provide the state enterprise Toretskugol with state guarantees for 21.15 million…
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